reconcile

English

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Etymology

From Latin reconciliō.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɹɛkənsaɪl/, X-SAMPA: /"r\Ek@nsaIl/

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Verb

reconcile (third-person singular simple present reconciles, present participle reconciling, simple past and past participle reconciled)

1. To recreate friendly relationships.
2. To make things compatible or consistent.
3. To make the net difference in credits and debits of a financial account agree with the balance.

Derived terms

• reconciliation

Translations

to recreate friendly relationships

• Albanian: pajtoj (sq)
• Czech: usmířit se
• Dutch: reconcilieren (nl), verzoenen (nl)
• Finnish: sovitella (fi)

• French: réconcilier (fr)
• German: 1. schlichten (de), versöhnen (de) 2./3. abstimmen (de)
• Romanian: reconcilia (ro), împăca (ro)

to make things compatible or consistent

• Dutch: verzoenen (nl)
• Portuguese: reconciliar (pt)

• Quechua: allipanakuy (qu)
• Romanian: reconcilia (ro)

to make the net difference in credits and debits of a financial account agree with the balance

• Esperanto: bilanci (eo)

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